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namesake definition

name·sake (-sāk′)

noun

a person with the same name as another, esp. if named after the other

Etymology: earlier name's sake

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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